What's looking good in July 2017

Another year on.
The view of my garden from above.

 

After a burst of growth and colour in the spring, being on dry sandy soil means that my garden doesn't always look its best in mid summer. There's still a bit going on here and there though.

Fuchsia 'Mrs Popple' happy in a large pot outside the kitchen window.



Nandina brightening up the front garden.



A good crop of berries this year on this native honeysuckle growing on a piece of trellis - should be appreciated by the birds.



Self-seeded Rudbeckia growing in the veg patch.



Fennel.



Another self-seeder, this colourful sunflower turned up in a corner of the veg patch, glad I left it there.



Due to our imminent house move, I stopped planting things in the veg patch about a month ago. With half of this plot empty, nature has filled in the gap for me. So alongside the runners and courgettes I now have sunflowers, teasels and evening primrose putting on a show.



Knapweed in the wild area.



Oregano in the herb patch, plenty of flower on it this year.



Potentilla 'Primrose Beauty', a reliable little shrub even in the driest of summers.



Cornus alba elegantissima.



Bit of an experiment - I had a few hyssop plants going spare so I planted them in a pot around this heuchera. Looks better from above really, looks a bit odd from any other angle.

 

Looks absolutely stunning roders well done

 

.......just keep sowing the seeds in hard to find places near prickly plants Woo.... ''love in the fog''

 

Heuchera on a sunny morning

Rubus calophyllus

Lilium hybrid

 

Just start using the seeds in your cooking and she'll change her mind. Excellent in baked beans and tomato sauces.

 

Bless you, must be the pollen

 

Begonia sutherlandii...........
Begonia sutherlandii by longk48, on Flickr

Ipomea lobata............
Ipomea lobata by longk48, on Flickr

And at long last my Alstroemeria isabella "Fred Meyer" has seen fit to bloom................
Alstroemeria isabella "Fred Meyer" by longk48, on Flickr

I suspect that it is due a larger pot as they are shy to bloom when pot bound.

 

That alstroemeria is very nice longk......very, very nice
Another plant I must have.

 

Roders your garden looks so immaculate. I took a picture of mine from an upstairs room but the tree canopy obscured it. The path is new - I decided to dig up the lawn to get more plants in.

 

Best of all it appears pretty hardy. When I re-pot it I'll take a division to try it in the ground.